I’m not sure how toilet ashtrays became so ubiquitous in the novelty ashtray department but they did. I guess because they’re a ...
Read about the evening and see more photos: https://www.awmok.com/2010/11/15/allee-willis-kitsch-o-the-day-%E2%80%93-1960s-music-ring-famous...
I’m so NOT the type to wear a ring with a G-clef on it or have one of those cheesy license plates like GR8T BEAT. My gold records don&...
. I wasn’t going to do anything for my birthday this year. Too overworked and no extra coinage to throw around. But word leaked out an...
Yes, my birthday’s today and were I’m not so lazy and overworked that would mean it’s time for me to make one of my signat...
I’ve certainly piled a couch or two on the top of my van through the years after a successful flea market run but I’m in the pee...
Last weekend I drove to Riverside to see a performance of The Color Purple, the musical I co-wrote. I tend to pick and choose the performanc...
Although I’m not a massive fan of actual peanuts, I’ve always loved classic 1950’s plastic Mr. Peanut memorabilia. I love ...
That’s my 1955 Studebaker Commander. There’s nothing crazy about it; it’s just beautiful and an expression of part of who ...
Sadly, aKitschionado, Monica Johnson, whose artwork abounds here at AWMOK, passed away on Monday. Although she never revealed it here, in ad...
When it comes to an award for crowing the loudest, that should go to politicians. If I get enraged by the money that movie stars make imagin...
I’ve seen political enthusiasm expressed on cars before but it’s usually more in the way of stickers. This jewel encrusted licen...
I love drums and I love crafts so what’s not to love about this handpainted stunner of a conga drum? Made in the 1950’s and cove...
The only thing green this vintage 1970’s terrarium has ever been home to is if some candy happens to come in a green wrapper. It’...
I love this 1950/60s clock radio so much because it looks exactly like can openers of that same vintage did. I kept it in my kitchen for yea...
What to do with gum when you’re done chewing it or have to get rid of it for whatever reason can be a bit of a muddle if you’ve ...
I always love handmade crafts, especially these Knit-Wit kind of animals, usually poodles, that are more often than not made to fit over eit...
Here’s a video tour of my trip to visit Dona Miller, owner of Vogue International, a 22,000 square foot wonderland of mannequin bodies...
Revered as much for his marriage to cuchi-cuchi girl, Charo, as for his spreading the gospel of bouncy Latin music and rhythm, Xavier Cugat ...
I never learned how to play Chess. Checkers was way more my speed, especially as I loved the sound the vintage wood ones made as you plunked...
It’s been dripping for days in LA. I used to spend so much time looking for my umbrella, the rain would end before I even made it outs...
Soooo, we’re almost there. I don’t know how the spam attack was unleashed but it hit both the Museum here and my Kitsch O’...
There’s absolutely nothing right about this insanely cheesy Kahlúa “Udderly Delicious”plastic glass which, unfortunately,...
We’re still mopping up the mess of the stealth spam attack that hit The Kitchenette on Friday. We’re almost done but there are s...
I’ve always been intrigued with label design, especially when appearing on cans, as the designer has to take the roundness into consid...
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